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Tuesday, February 04, 2003
Advise and consent roll over
"Liberal" newspaper, The Washington Post, asks "Can't we all just get along" and suggests that Senate Democrats should just lie on their backs and take it from the Bush White House when it comes to stealth idealogues like Miguel Estrada.
The subject is President Bush's nomination of Miguel A. Estrada to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Democratic senators may not need much encouragement. With the Estrada nomination due to come to the Senate floor today, they are contemplating a dramatic escalation of the judicial nomination wars. They should stand down. Mr. Estrada, who is well qualified for the bench, should not be a tough case for confirmation. Democrats who disagree may vote against him. They should not deny him a vote.
[snip...]
Mr. Estrada's nomination in no way justifies a filibuster. The case against him is that he is a conservative who was publicly criticized by a former supervisor in the Office of the Solicitor General, where he once worked. He was not forthcoming with the committee in its efforts to discern his personal views on controversial issues -- as many nominees are not -- and the administration has (rightly) declined to provide copies of his confidential memos from his service in government. Having failed to assemble a plausible case against him, Democrats are now arguing that this failure is itself grounds for his rejection -- because it stems from his own and the administration's discourteous refusal to arm Democrats with examples of the extremism that would justify their opposition. Such circular logic should not stall Mr. Estrada's nomination any longer. It certainly doesn't warrant further escalating a war that long ago got out of hand
Now one would think that a paper with the Post's reputation might put someone on the trail of Estrada's record, hidden or not. But those days of "Woodward and Bernstein" are a just distant memory. And, what with Bob Woodward still trapped beneath President Bush's desk, I guess they can't do much of anything except act like stenographers and copy from the RNC blast faxes. What is fascinating is their stance that less information is both acceptable and correct. Interesting philosophy for a newspaper, don't you think?
Maybe a name change is in order. I hear Washington Times Lite is still available.
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